Paul Cormier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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basketball player and coach
Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1951
Place of Birth: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Paul Cormier
- Paul Cormier (born June 3, 1951) is currently the Chief of Staff for UMass men's basketball.
- He is the former head men's basketball coach at Dartmouth College.
- Recently, Cormier was an advance pro scout for the Golden State Warriors during the 2009–10 season and New Jersey Nets during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 NBA seasons.
- Previously, he was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2006–07 NBA season.
- He spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics (2002–06) following two seasons as the head scout for Boston.
- Prior to joining the Celtics, Cormier spent the 1998–99 season as video scout for the New York Knicks. Cormier coached at the collegiate level for twenty years.
- He served seven seasons (1991–98) as head coach of Fairfield University.
- During the 1995–96 season, Cormier coached Fairfield to a 20–10 overall record, an appearance in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship game and the program's fourth berth in the NIT.
- His MAAC coaching peers recognized him as the 1995–96 MAAC Coach of the Year.
- And during the 1996–97 season, Cormier coached Fairfield to the MAAC Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
- He then coached the #16 seed Fairfield to an early second half lead and near historic upset of the Dean Smith coached #1 seed North Carolina.
- The eight-point loss, 82–74, still stands as the last single-digit loss by a #16 seed to a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Cormier also served seven seasons (1984–91) as head coach at Dartmouth College and an additional six seasons (2010–2016); as an assistant coach at Villanova University (1980–84) and at Bentley College (1978–80). Cormier is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.
- He and his wife, Susan, have four sons.
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